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(No Model.) W. F. RNOLD.

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No. 427,493. Patented May 6, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILL FORD ARNOLD, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT IV. JENNINGS, JR, OE SEATTLE, \VASHINGTON, AND J. NOTA MCGILL, OF \VASHINGTON, D. C.

HAVERSAC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,493, dated May 6, 1890.

Application filed July 3, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILL FORD ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haversacks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in haversacks, whereby the same are provided with an elastic tourniquet easily available for use and entirely out of the way of articles of daily use and protected from contact with the bearers hands.

The invention consists, briefly, in a haversack having on the inner side of its folding flap or cover a protected receptacle for retaining therein an elastic tourniquet, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a haversack with the flap or cover opened or raised, and showing my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sectional views of diiferently-constructed receptacles. Fig. 5 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a haversack constructed after the form of those in general use in the naval and marine corps and military service of the United States, the'same being provided with a folding flap or cover a, which when folded down is secured by a strap or buckle a. On the inner side of this lid or cover, parallel with the sides and ends thereof, I form a continuous receptacle B, having opposite open ends I) b and provided at its corners with slots or 40 openings Z). This receptacle is preferably formed by making full the inner layer of cloth or canvas of the flap having two parallel rows of stitching 6 b the latter being the same that secures the ordinary binding. The receptacle may, however, be made as shown in Figs. 3 and 4tnamely, by stitching the ends of a separate strip of cloth or canvas to the inner face of the flap. This form is Serial No. 316,404. (No model-J especially applicable to haversacks having a leather flap or cover.

The tourniquet is readily forced or inserted in its receptacle through the slots or openings Z) by an ordinary ramrod, through the eye of which the end of the rubber tube is placed.

The advantages of thus providing each haversack with a rubber tourniquet are many, and instead of having only one tourniquet in the case of the regimental surgeon each soldier has such an article always at hand, ready for immediate use. A series of tourniquets can be joined together by means of the short threaded tube 0, (shown in Fig. 5,) or in lieu thereof, in the event of necessity, pipe-stems or twigs with pith removed can be used to almost equal advantage. Thus coils can be made for hot or cold water, in field or other temporary hospitals, for the treatment of shocks, joint injuries, cramps, and other complaints; Continuous irrigation can also be easily applied. Several tourniquets wound from the distal toward the proximal extremity of a limb having their extreme ends projecting for easy removal maybe made to replace the elastic bandage of Esmarck in exsanguinating aliinb. These tourniquets are also thus rendered of great service as siphons in filling canteens from open barrels, springs, &c., in the absence of cups.

The rubber tourniquet is of invaluable assistance in the production of artificial anaemia, and can be effectively applied in the case of hemorrhage without the necessity of making bare the injured limb, or even to possess knowledge of the situation of the arteries.

These uses to which an elastic tourniquet can be applied are cited to show the great advantages and convenience to be derived in having one in every haversack for employment in emergencies, &c.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described improved. haversack having its flap or cover provided on its inner side with a pocket or receptacle adja cent to and parallel with the sides and ends of said flap or cover, said pocket or receptaole being formed in and secured to said flap or cover and having open ends and slots or openings at its corners, substantially as set forth.

2. lhe herein-described improved haversack having its flap or cover provided with a pocket or receptable adjacent to and parallel with the sides and ends of said flap or cover and formed by the inner layer thereof, and the parallel stitches passed through said inner layer, substantially as set forth, said pocket or receptacle being provided with open ends and slots or openings at its corners, as stated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILL FORD ARNOLD. Witnesses:

JOHN D. VERTUES, WVILLIAM O. VERTUES. 

